I just stumbled upon your channel. I've been looking into overlanding, and I'm buying my first truck specifically for overlanding. You have a wealth of knowledge and experience, and I would like to say thank you for sharing it! Please never stop making these kinds of informative videos.
@@TheRoadChoseMe I've been binge watching your videos and you have definitely helped me avoid costly mistakes and helped me focus on what the purpose of my vehicle is and if what I put in it helps me achieve it. Thank you.
Watching these videos I often ask myself “is over landing right for you” and unfortunately it doesn’t work for my family but I truly appreciate these awesome videos, thanks for sharing man!!
Just found the channel and I greatly appreciate your insights. There's no replacement for experience and on top of that you exude such a genuine quality, which I often find missing in people on youtube (and in general!) Cheers!
Great video!!! We have a trailgater on my wife’s JL and we love it. I bet some of those street markets were an eye opening experience. I remember seeing them while driving through Saudi Arabia.
Soy sauce is nice for rice meals. If you acquire biscuit dough (Bisquick, lookin at U), then baking stuff becomes a thing. Placing dough between two aluminum or steel pie pans, on top of the campfire coals, with a few more on top, is an oven. Paper clips can hold the pans together. Once you have perfected campfire baking, you can then make pizza with the above dough, pizza sauce and cheese. I've done it.
You mentioned enjoying a beer or two during your trips in last videos, if I remember correctly. I’m sure the fridge helped transport a brew on occasion to be enjoyed with dinner as well :)
@@TheRoadChoseMe can be an exellent "bribe" if the officer caught you with some more serious problem in your paperwork (not me, a german in the middle of Camerouns jungle)
Great videos you are putting out! Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences. I lived in Angola, Zambia and Swaziland as a child. I dream of doing a trips like yours someday!
Great video. An unsolicited idea for a future video: what countries you felt the least safe in and why...I’m curious what it was about Nigeria that made you feel so uneasy. I think it’s interesting that you felt safe going out at night in El Salvador, but not there...I haven’t been to either, so I wouldn’t know, but I feel like I hear a lot more about El Salvador being dangerous (that info is just from the media, though, so I took it with a grain of salt).
2-liter soda bottles are also good for storing rice. Rinse them out first and dry them, of course... Need a funnel to get the rice in initially, but they are very durable and air-tight. I usually buy my rice in 50-lb bags and then transfer it to a bunch of 2-liter soda bottles for storage. Since they are clear, maybe the border guards would not insist on opening them?
snow is a real challenge for overloading. Hard to believe both lockers and low range and you couldn't make it. Probably why, on top of the cold of course, that overlanders mostly go out in warmer climates or seasons.
Yeah, the honest truth is that most people simply don't want to camp in the snow for months. Overlanding is about enjoying the outdoors, and that's tough to do in winter!
Can you tell us more about how you built your boxes, and if you'd do it differently? Different materials? Drawers instead of doors? What's the aluminum framing called?
I really liked hearing you talk about what foods were commonly available around the world and was happy to see that even my "picky" (discerning? selective?) palate will be satisfied no matter where I go. I think you said you had a 35L fridge. How many days did you feel you could comfortably go between restocking with a fridge that size when you were going to be travelling more remotely and with less access to food? And was that based on one or for two people?
The fridge is 35L and it's right on the small end for 2 people. Food for 7 days was just OK. If two of us stayed out for 10 days we were not eating fresh stuff at the end. I'm still very happy with it, I think it's the perfect size for the Wrangler - a 50L just takes up too much space inside
Awesome video. Every time I watch one of your videos I want a Jeep. I have a few questions: What is your power supply for your fridge? Do you have a link to the build video? And do you think it was sufficient?
I have dual batteries (vid coming soon) and solar (vid coming this Thursday). Full Jeep build video is in two parts Part 1: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4sLy5NEr-Hg.html Part 2: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oW0-sz2bRYY.html One of these days I'll film a massive in-depth walk around video of the whole thing!
food poisoning often comes from "Western Style" food in Restaurants or Hotels, which are not up to "Western" Hygienic standarts. Also Water- in the desert countries, though, they usually take care about their drinking water, in Jungle areas often less so. Also, if you change from one area of the world to an other, a slight diarrhea is often a sign of "adaptation" to new surroundings
This was a serous question by the way and thanks for the reply. I think about these things because I’m from Brazil and I’ve eaten in some “hazardous” places in my home country but never got sick until I moved to California and there I had food poisoning 3 times from fast food joints. One time I puked 11 times throughout the night. Fun times !
Great video. Would you say the 35L Dometic is a good size for 1 person to go overlanding - I have the Dometic 18L fridge, but worry it might be too small. Also, would appreciate some advice about your experience when leaving your vehicle to walkabout the local towns / going for a hike etc. Did you worry it would be broken into or stolen, and is so, what were your tips/tricks to avoid that happening?
Did you have to dispose of all your food stuffs when moving through borders county to county. If so was it all your food and condiments or just fresh? Thanks in advance.
Most countries don't care at all. Some have rules where you can't bring meat or certain vegetables (like Botswana). Also within some countries you can't move certain fruits or meat around to help prevent the spread of certain diseases/flies/etc.
@@TheRoadChoseMe in this place the coming in existence of a gasoline/air mixture in a dangerous proportion is basically zero, unless someone opens the caddy while you are cooking. Even a leak should not be a real problem; gasoline and propane fumes are heavier than air
It depends entirely if I'm camping in the jeep (maybe in a locked compound) so I can actually fold out the kitchen, if I feel safe being out and about, if street food is cheap and delicious (it almost always is), etc. etc. It's a spur of the moment choice, I'd say it goes 50/50.
Hey ! Watched most of your videos and really enjoyed both your trip and your informational videos! But I don't agree with the fridge being a necessity to keep and cook vegetables. Most vegetables are very fine for a long time outside of a fridge, particularly the 4 you showed here (come on, an onion in a fridge !!?). Yes in a hot climate the fridge will help to keep some fragile vegetables longer but they will be fine for a some days outside also (and some vegetables like tomatoes lose a lot of vitamins and taste when kept below 6°C). Eggs will also be very fine outside of a fridge. I don't say you should not get a fridge for an overland trip, it's clearly useful for unpackaged raw meat and for fresh drinks ;) But clearly not having a fridge is not a good excuse to not cook vegetables (but having nowhere practical to prepare and cook is). Note that for a week-end, raw meat from a supermarket with a sealed protective package will be ok for 48h.
Remember, virtually every day in Africa was over 100F (40C) .... and yes, I always had a stock of cold water in there too, drinks on the bottom, meat, and other perishables like yogurt (when I could find it), cheese, milk, etc.
No I haven't read of any, they are out there but don't seem to work very well. The link below is the the pair from LandCruising Adventure, they use a 2 burner gas Coleman and have some hints to go along with it. landcruisingadventure.com/the-gasoline-coleman-stove-2/
Not that I've ever noticed. If I cook something really greasy (hamburgers), I'll do it on he ground so the splatter doesn't get on my cutlery holder thing.
Hi im 14 and i wan't to do a World travell (sorry that my english isn't so good i am from Germany) after school and i wanted to ask if it is possible to earn mony while travelling with little Jobs for example.
